DVOGODIŠNJA ZABRANA NASTUPANJA ZA ZHOU XIN

LAUSANNE, 30. ožujka(Reuter/Hina) - Kineska plivačica Zhou Xin kažnjena je dvogodišnjom zabranom nastupanja u zemlji i inozemstvu zbog toga što je njen antidoping test, obavljen na Svjetskom kupu u Pekingu u siječnju ove godine, kao i prilikom kontraekspertize, bio pozitivan. Zhou Xin, koja je u utrci na na 200 m mješovito u Pekingu bila četvrta, koristila je anabolički steroid methandienone... Otkako su kineske plivačice potkraj 80-tih godina počele bilježiti veliki napredak i osvajati medalje na najjačim svjetskim plivačkim natjecanjima ovo je, usprkos brojnim sumnjama, prvi slučaj da je jedna kineska plivačica okrivljena zbog zloupotrebe stimulativnih sredstava. (Hina) miotkrivena pri -r bio test - A Chinese woman swimmer has been banned for two years after a positive dope test, the International Swimming Federation (FINA) said on Tuesday. Zhou Xin, a Beijing club swimmer but not an international, tested positive for the anabolic steroid methandienone at the Beijing World Cup meeting last January, FINA director Cornel Marculescu said. The Chinese swimming association informed FINA on March 5 that it had imposed a similar sanction on Zhou, who finished fourth in the 200 metres individual medley behind Olympic champion Lin Li at the Beijing meeting, he said. Marculescu said it was the first instance of a Chinese swimmer banned for doping. Chinese officials have strenuously denied western allegations that their women swimmers could be taking drugs to enhance performance. China have made a phenomenal advance in the sport since the late 1980s and their women swimmers won four gold medals at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. MORE DP CVL 301105 GMT mar 93 301758 MET mar 93